Tibetan filmmaker wins top prize at ‘Cinema at City Garden’

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 29: Tsering Wangmo, a Tibetan filmmaker and anthropology student at Washington University in St. Louis, has won top honors at the eighth juried competition of the Cinema at Citygarden program on May 24. Organized by Cinema St. Louis (CSL) and funded by the Gateway Foundation, the program recognizes local filmmakers […]

Tibetan monk released in critical health after serving two years in prison

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 29: Tibetan monk Geshe Sonam Gyatso has been released from prison on Thursday in critical health after serving two years in prison for purportedly sending an offering for a prayer and a donation in memoriam of a deceased soul to Kirti Rinpoche (exiled abbot of Kirti Monastery based in India) […]